NAME
Pinto - Curate a repository of Perl modules
VERSION
version 0.095
SYNOPSIS
See pinto to create and manage a Pinto repository.
See pintod to allow remote access to your Pinto repository.
See Pinto::Manual for more information about the Pinto tools.
Stratopan for hosting your Pinto repository in
the cloud.
DESCRIPTION
Pinto is an application for creating and managing a custom CPAN-like
repository of Perl modules. The purpose of such a repository is to
provide a stable, curated stack of dependencies from which you can
reliably build, test, and deploy your application using the standard
Perl tool chain. Pinto supports various operations for gathering and
managing distribution dependencies within the repository, so that you
can control precisely which dependencies go into your application.
FEATURES
Pinto is inspired by Carton, CPAN::Mini::Inject, and MyCPAN::App::DPAN,
but adds a few interesting features:
* Pinto supports multiple indexes
A Pinto repository can have multiple indexes. Each index corresponds
to a "stack" of dependencies that you can control. So you can have
one stack for development, one for production, one for feature-xyz,
and so on. You can also branch and merge stacks to experiment with
new dependencies or upgrades.
* Pinto helps manage incompatibles between dependencies
Sometimes, you discover that a new version of a dependency is
incompatible with your application. Pinto allows you to "pin" a
dependency to a stack, which prevents it from being accidentally
upgraded (either directly or via some other dependency).
* Pinto has built-in version control
When things go wrong, you can roll back any of the indexes in your
Pinto repository to a prior revision. Also, you can view the
complete history of index changes as you add or upgrade
dependencies.
* Pinto can pull archives from multiple remote repositories
Pinto can pull dependencies from multiple sources, so you can create
private (or public) networks of repositories that enable separate
teams or individuals to collaborate and share Perl modules.
* Pinto supports team development
Pinto is suitable for small to medium-sized development teams and
supports concurrent users. Pinto also has a web service interface
(via pintod), so remote developers can use a centrally hosted
repository.
* Pinto has a robust command line interface.
The pinto utility has commands and options to control every aspect
of your Pinto repository. They are well documented and behave in the
customary UNIX fashion.
* Pinto can be extended.
You can extend Pinto by creating Pinto::Action subclasses to perform
new operations on your repository, such as extracting documentation
from a distribution, or grepping the source code of several
distributions.
Pinto vs PAUSE
In some ways, Pinto is similar to PAUSE . Both
are capable of accepting distributions and constructing a directory
structure and index that Perl installers understand. But there are some
important differences:
* Pinto does not promise to index exactly like PAUSE does
Over the years, PAUSE has evolved complicated heuristics for dealing
with all the different ways that Perl code is written and packaged.
Pinto is much less sophisticated, and only aspires to produce an
index that is "good enough" for most situations.
* Pinto does not understand author permissions
PAUSE has a system of assigning ownership and co-maintenance
permission of modules to specific people. Pinto does not have any
such permission system. All activity is logged so you can identify
the culprit, but Pinto expects you to be accountable for your
actions.
* Pinto does not enforce security
PAUSE requires authors to authenticate themselves before they can
upload or remove modules. Pinto does not require authentication, so
any user with sufficient file permission can potentially change the
repository. However pintod does support HTTP authentication, which
gives you some control over access to a remote repository.
BUT WHERE IS THE API?
For now, the Pinto API is private and subject to radical change without
notice. Any API documentation you see is purely for my own references.
In the meantime, the command line utilities mentioned in the "SYNOPSIS"
are your public user interface.
SUPPORT
Perldoc
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Pinto
Websites
The following websites have more information about this module, and may
be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use
your favorite search engine to discover more resources.
* MetaCPAN
A modern, open-source CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML
format.
* CPAN Ratings
The CPAN Ratings is a website that allows community ratings and
reviews of Perl modules.
* CPANTS
The CPANTS is a website that analyzes the Kwalitee ( code metrics )
of a distribution.
* CPAN Testers
The CPAN Testers is a network of smokers who run automated tests on
uploaded CPAN distributions.
* CPAN Testers Matrix
The CPAN Testers Matrix is a website that provides a visual overview
of the test results for a distribution on various Perls/platforms.
* CPAN Testers Dependencies
The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the
test results of all dependencies for a distribution.
Internet Relay Chat
You can get live help by using IRC ( Internet Relay Chat ). If you don't
know what IRC is, please read this excellent guide:
. Please be courteous
and patient when talking to us, as we might be busy or sleeping! You can
join those networks/channels and get help:
* irc.perl.org
You can connect to the server at 'irc.perl.org' and join this
channel: #pinto then talk to this person for help: thaljef.
Bugs / Feature Requests
Source Code
The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please
feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to
contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your
repository :)
git clone git://github.com/thaljef/Pinto.git
CONTRIBUTORS
* BenRifkah Bergsten-Buret
* Boris Däppen
* Cory G Watson
* David Steinbrunner
* Glenn Fowler
* Jakob Voss
* Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer
* Karen Etheridge
* Michael G. Schwern
* Oleg Gashev
* Steffen Schwigon
* Tommy Stanton
* Wolfgang Kinkeldei
* Yanick Champoux
* hesco
* popl
AUTHOR
Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.